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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
tmbnmry 7, 1939
Hon.lc. H. ariirin
countyAttorlwy
Young county
Oraham, Tour
Dmar Slrr
ha8 been rroeirod
inion ‘a8 to whr-
thsr or not legally appro-
o r m yto lsnlrt
in prolJ4outing
lttmntlon to Artiolo 85
0, state or nxar, Rmrl~44
orlmlnal oama in the dlmtriot
atriot, exoopt in oases where
or4 hlr l leotlon, 4mploy46 ab-
y arirninal prooreding 18 had
ning oourt ln his dlstrlot or
upon hbeae oorpua, and he LB
and 16 at the time within
rhall npm6ent the State therein, unlrar pm-
rented by other oiiloial dutfer.W
The Comnlsrionar8~ Oourt oan euroioe only maoh
power8 aa the Constitution or the Leglrrlatun rpeoi~ioally
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p Hon. B. H. Grirfin, February 7, 1939, Page fs
oonfer4 upon thm, Conrtltution, Art1014 5, 640. 18; Landman
VII. Stat4 (Court of Civil Appralrr) 97 6W (84) i?i64-wPIt of
error rafu64b; Bland ~5. Crr, 90 Ter. 492, 59 SW 558; Mill*
vs. Lampasar County, 90 Tex. 903, 40 SW 403.
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UI rerpeotfu$ly 4drie14 that w 4r4 unable to
find my authority whloh would psrrmlt th4 CommI44ionar4~
Court to appropriate money In hiring an outride attorney
to l8618t the DI4trIot Attorney in ths perforaanos af 4uoh
duties 41~3 it 14, therrfore, the opinion of this D4partmant
that 8uoh lotlon on the part oi the CoamI8aIoners~ Court
would not be 4uthorIzed.
v4w truly your8
ATToRrnY GmERAL cp TKXAS
(sU4d)
Wm. J. R. ICI=
BY
A#eI4tant
APPPROVED:
(Signed)
Gerald C. Mann
ATTCRNEYWNERAL
OFTEXAS